ST. HILARION COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.62081, Longitude: 1.73583
Location Information
St Hilarion is a village and commune 40 kilometres south-west of Versailles and 9 kilometres by road south-west of Rambouillet. The communal cemetery is signposted and is always open. It will be found on the east side of the road leading from the main Rambouillet to Epernon road to St Hilarion church.
The graves of 7 airmen, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Canada, are near the west boundary and south-west corner of the cemetery (left when entering the cemetery).
St Hilarion is a village and commune 40 kilometres south-west of Versailles and 9 kilometres by road south-west of Rambouillet. The communal cemetery is signposted and is always open. It will be found on the east side of the road leading from the main Rambouillet to Epernon road to St Hilarion church.
The graves of 7 airmen, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Canada, are near the west boundary and south-west corner of the cemetery (left when entering the cemetery).
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/26336 Flying Officer
Horace Alexander Evans
Navigator in 625 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th June 1944, aged 20.
Son of George and Annie Imrie Evans, of Makinak, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Be With You Till We Meet Again"
Horace Alexander Evans
Navigator in 625 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th June 1944, aged 20.
Son of George and Annie Imrie Evans, of Makinak, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Be With You Till We Meet Again"
Other Burial Details
1581233 Sergeant Harry Elizah Bowen, Radio Operator in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry and Hilda May Bowe, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
151550 Flying Officer Alfred Ernest George Malin, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Malin, husband of Beryl Daisy Malin, of Highbury, London. His headstone bears the inscription "God Bless You For Ever"
1324923 Sergeant Alfred Allan Joseph Ryan, Air Bomber in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944.
2209106 Sergeant Leslie Ronald Swann, Flight Engineer in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick Henry and Edith Swann, of Newton Kirkham, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "How Proud We Are" Mum And Dad
1594255 Sergeant Leonard Sykes, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 35. Son of Sam and Florence Sykes; husband of Phyllis Sykes, of Oakwood, Leeds, Yorkshire.
1593166 Sergeant Alfred Ernest White, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred Ernest and Maua Daykin White, of Redcar, Yorkshire. "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1581233 Sergeant Harry Elizah Bowen, Radio Operator in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry and Hilda May Bowe, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
151550 Flying Officer Alfred Ernest George Malin, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Malin, husband of Beryl Daisy Malin, of Highbury, London. His headstone bears the inscription "God Bless You For Ever"
1324923 Sergeant Alfred Allan Joseph Ryan, Air Bomber in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944.
2209106 Sergeant Leslie Ronald Swann, Flight Engineer in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick Henry and Edith Swann, of Newton Kirkham, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "How Proud We Are" Mum And Dad
1594255 Sergeant Leonard Sykes, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 35. Son of Sam and Florence Sykes; husband of Phyllis Sykes, of Oakwood, Leeds, Yorkshire.
1593166 Sergeant Alfred Ernest White, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred Ernest and Maua Daykin White, of Redcar, Yorkshire. "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
